Each year the OAS Secretary General publishes a proposed Program-Budget for the coming calendar year. The OAS General Assembly meets in a Special Session to approve the Program-Budget. Find these documents from 1998-2013 here.

Each year in April, the OAS Board of External Auditors publishes a report covering the previous calendar year’s financial results. Reports covering 1996-2016 may be found here.

Approximately six weeks after the end of each semester, the OAS publishes a Semiannual Management and Performance Report, which since 2013 includes reporting on programmatic results. The full texts may be found here.

Here you will find data on the Human Resources of the OAS, including its organizational structure, each organizational unit’s staffing, vacant posts, and performance contracts.

The OAS executes a variety of projects funded by donors. Evaluation reports are commissioned by donors. Reports of these evaluations may be found here.

The Inspector General provides the Secretary General with reports on the audits, investigations, and inspections conducted. These reports are made available to the Permanent Council. More information may be found here.

The OAS has discussed for several years the real estate issue, the funding required for maintenance and repairs, as well as the deferred maintenance of its historic buildings. The General Secretariat has provided a series of options for funding it. The most recent document, reflecting the current status of the Strategy, is CP/CAAP-3211/13 rev. 4.

Here you will find information related to the GS/OAS Procurement Operations, including a list of procurement notices for formal bids, links to the performance contract and travel control measure reports, the applicable procurement rules and regulations, and the training and qualifications of its staff.

The OAS Treasurer certifies the financial statements of all funds managed or administered by the GS/OAS. Here you will find the latest general purpose financial reports for the main OAS funds, as well as OAS Quarterly Financial Reports (QFRs).

Every year the GS/OAS publishes the annual operating plans for all areas of the Organization, used to aid in the formulation of the annual budget and as a way to provide follow-up on institutional mandates.

Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.

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November 2016

There are five categories of funds managed or administered by the GS/OAS:

Regular Fund

Specific Funds

Service and Revolving Funds (e.g. ICR)

Voluntary Funds (OAS DCF)

Trust Funds (e.g. Medical)

The navigation tabs on this website
(immediately above) contain detailed financial reports for each of these
funds. Each report
contained under these tabs may be accessed by clicking on the external link.

The frequency on which these reports are updated (i.e. monthly, quarterly or
annually) depends on the statutory requirements of each fund. Additional ad-hoc reports not contained in this website may be furnished upon
official request from a Member State.

The Regular Fund is made up mainly of the quotas collected from the Member
States and includes the contributions from other funds for technical supervision
and administrative support provided by the General Secretariat. Funds received
for unspecified purposes are treated as miscellaneous income under the Regular
Fund. The purpose of this Fund is to finance: the regular secretariat and
general support services provided by the Secretariat; technical supervision and
administrative support to the programs; and multilateral integral development
programs, as established in Article 32 of the Charter and as specified in the
approved program-budget.

Financial Reports

MONTHLY

Regular Fund - Financial position and Statement of Changes in Fund
Balance for the Regular Fund.

Quota Collection - Regular Fund quota collections and balances due from
Member States at the end of this period. The most current information on
quotas may be found on the left menu of this site under "Latest Quota
Information".

Specific Funds are made up of special contributions, including those received
without purposes and limitations specified by the donor, from member states and
permanent observer states of the Organization and from other member states of
the United Nations, as well as from individuals or public or private
institutions, whether national or international for the execution and or
strengthening of development cooperation activities or programs of the General
Secretariat and other organs and entities of the Organization in accordance with
agreements and contracts entered into by the General Secretariat in exercise of
the powers conferred under the Charter.

The OAS manages several activities identified as Service and Revolving Funds,
which allows the OAS to handle certain administrative activities not directly
related to donor agreements or Trust Funds. These funds include activities such
as the Fund for Indirect Cost Recovery (ICR), the Building Management and
Maintenance account, Tax Equalization and Parking Services accounts. Since
2005, OAS has segregated these funds from the Specific Funds’ financial
statements to reflect the impact of those Funds.

Voluntary Funds have been reorganized into an OAS
Development Cooperation Fund (OAS/DCF), which includes the former FEMCIDI and
other voluntary contributions. The purpose of OAS/DCF is to contribute to the
financing of national and multilateral cooperation programs, projects, and
activities carried out under the Strategic Plan for Partnership for
Development. OAS/DCF is financed through voluntary contributions from the
Member States and other assets. The Fund's uses and limitations are defined in
the OAS/DCF Statutes.

OAS/DCF consists of the Integral Development Account, of Sectoral Accounts
established in accordance with the priorities of the Strategic Plan, and of the
Reserve Account, which shall be established with 10 percent of the annual
voluntary contributions of the Member States. The Reserve Account shall
maintain for unforeseen activities a sum equivalent to 3 percent of the amount
of resources existing in OAS/DCF.

Trust Funds are established by bequests or grants to finance
purposes specified by the donor or legator, held in trust, and used in
accordance with the pertinent provisions or instruments. The disposition of
these funds are restricted by the instruments establishing them and the Board or
Committee overseeing the resources. These funds are not part of the
program-budget and address specific purposes such as:

The Rowe Pan American Fund is established to provide loans to students
from Member States, other than residents and citizens of the United States,
and to make loans to OAS employees for educational and emergency purposes.

The assets of the Rowe Memorial Benefit Fund have been accumulated
principally from contributions received from Dr. Leo S. Rowe, a former
Director General of the Pan-American Union. These assets are held in trust
to provide certain welfare benefits for OAS employees.

The Trust for the Americas is a not-for-profit organization that works
to expand hemispheric cooperation and enhance economic development.
Resources have been provided by contributions from corporate donors and U.S.
federal grants.

U.S. Letters of Credit -
List of Letters of Credit signed with the U.S. Federal Government to finance
activities in OAS Specific Funds and Trust for the Americas, with cash
inflows, outflows and balances.